[Singh]

EDIT: OK, first off a warning:

DO NOT USE 3.6.7 with this campiagn!!! it doesn't work and for some stupid reason screws up the missions completely. You have been warned.


Allrighty. Desperation Chapter 2 is finally complete after nearly a full weekend of continous testing. I've tried my very best to make it as perfect as possible, but im only human, so please dont kill me if you find any glaring errors.

It requires SCP to run, and comes in two varieties.

EDIT: It appears an unknown bug is causing campaign file corruption, or the one in the .vp appears to be corrupt.

Please download the respective files according to your choice and put them into your /missions folder before downloading the campiagn of your choice.

Desperation C 1 + 2 (right click and save as into your /missions folder)

Desperation Chapter 2 (right click and save as into your /missions folder

the first is just chapter 2 alone. this is for those whom have played Chapter 1, but don't wish to play through it again. Included in the file is a .vp holding the missions, the new music.tbl and some new music (all in .ogg format) as well. It is around 9mb.
Chapter 2


The second is a combination of chapter 1 and 2, for new players who may have not played chapter 1 before. Since the file only includes 7 more missions when compared to the Chapter 2 file, it is around 9mb as well.
Chapter 1+2

For those who don't know what it's about. Desperation initially follows the story of a task group stuck within the nebula beyond Gamma Draconis. We play part of alpha wing, who is sent to make contact with the task group and try to get them out. What follows is a tale of desperation and terror as the group is whittled down to only a few survivors as they try to escape the shivans. In chapter 2, they escape the fog, only to find themselves continuing on the road trip from hell.

I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I did making it.

in the next two posts, I'll put up the screenshots once they finished uploading. Kudoz to Matthewpapa for the webspace

[Singh]

Grrr...lvlshot seems to be broke...so do my links for that matter.

edit2: ok, url working...lets try without the www.

edit3: Yay! Working!

Random screenie from Chapter 2:


Revisiting Chapter 1: some nice shots of the New orion


Revisiting Chapter 2: more shots of the Orion


Nice turrets!


Attacking the Pestlience - the fleet opens fire on the Ravana, creating a rather impressive screenshot of a beam barrage.


The Annatet revealing itself through the fog, under close pursuit by the Shivans


This is a secret :Drevil: im not gonna tell ya what it is.


From Chapter 2: A few fighters get it straight in the face!

[Singh]

Sometimes having too many bombs can be a bad thing, especially when GTVA interceptors blow 'em up right next to you:


The Interception becomes hectic as everyone tries to kill everyone else, but instead getting squished up and colliding. But as long as it gets the job done....



Sometimes you get really, really sick of being in a fog.



The Barbatos goes down:


The Gabreal and the Deavas attempt to take on the Julius



But are surprised when it hits back harder than they do:

[Kie99]

Spoiler:

In the mission where the Julius destroys the Demon, and the Typhon + Fleet jump in, it says "Downloading new orders", then the mission restarts.

[Singh]

odd...it went through properly for me :/
Looking through FRED, all the events are lined up properly, and it should go through without a problem.

This is odd...if your using 3.6.7, I recommend you switch to an older build  - I had some problems with 3.6.7 with some crashing, so it could just be that. If it doesn't go through again, tell me and I'll see what I can do.

edit: I tested the mission out - it went through normally with no problems at all.

[Mefustae]

Hmmm, just tried the first mission of the Chapter 1 + 2 pack, and i'm seeing a lot of graphical errors on the Orion model. By that, I mean there are pieces of the model missing, exposing the innards...

...i'm using Galemp's model, and it seems to work fine outside that mission (at least, in the Tech Viewer)...

[Singh]

That...hmm....I doubt that's something to do with Desperation though...the Orion worked fine for me - and I'm using Galemp's one as well :/

Is it the nameplate texture only or the entire thing? Either way, redownloading the destroyer might fix it....try shifting off 3.6.7 if you can though - it caused some problems with the campiagn during testing that didn't appear with earlier builds.

[Nuclear1]

SCP required?

D'oh.

Well, good to see that you're still working on this. I enjoyed Chap 1 a lot, and it looks like this is going to be just as good.

[Kie99]

Are you sure you've uploaded the right .fc2 file?  It won't open in the campaign editor, and DMTools' Text Viewer only shoes the first 4 missions in the file.  I think you might have uploaded the Beta version's.

[Singh]

im pretty sure its the right .fc2 file. Which one did you download? the combination? or just C2? just in case, i'll reupload both, to  be on the safe side.

[Singh]

Both files have been reuploaded...try again and see if it works.

[Nuclear1]

*downloads*

Sweet! Music of War FTW!

[Ransom]

This is great fun so far. There's a few spelling mistakes here and there (like 'quite' instead of 'quiet') but nothing too drastic. However... the fourth mission restarts upon completion, like kie said. I checked the campaign file, and only the first four missions are listed. I downloaded the Chapters 1+2 file and its campaign file only seems to have Chapter 1's missions in it.

[Singh]

argh.

This is VERY odd.

I opened the fc2 files from this end, and it shows up as normal - I even re-uploaded the darn thing from scratch after copying and pasting the new file over, just in case!

Its working fine on this end, so I really am at a loss as to why it isn't working. Seriously, I've tried just about everything, but I don't know why its showing up like that.

Just in case though - here are the .fc2 files straight off my /missions folder. I'll add it to the first post as well.

Desperation C 1 + 2 (right click and save as into your /missions folder)

Desperation Chapter 2 (right click and save as into your /missions folder

[Singh]

WTF?

I opened the file in campiagn editor, and all the missions are there, but when I open the file using text, it doesn't show up!

Why is FRED2 so screwed up????

I'll try creating a new campiagn file using an older build.

[Solitaire]

EDIT: Okaaaayy, PC nearly crashed when I tried to post last time, guessing a serious prob with my connection...

EDIT2: Hmm, checked the VP and I actually seem to have a full set of missions in here... phew. Just the second campaign file that's AWOL. Not partial or corrupted or beta. Just... not

[Singh]

OK, everything was being re-uploaded. Its finished now, and the campaign files should work as I hoped.

Re-download the files to allow it to work. If you don't feel like donwloading the entire package, just download the .fc2 files and it should work properly.

[Solitaire]

Yay! I'll fire it up and have some fun in hell!

[Ransom]

Just finished it. Nice ending. Overall the missions were enjoyable and the story was pretty interesting - I'm looking forward to the next chapter.

Spoiler:

I liked the whole thing with the extremely potent fuel from the gas giant.

Wasn't any music in mission 5 though. I'm not sure if that's just me, but mission 4 had a custom track too and that played fine (nice choice, by the way).

[Mefustae]

Just a note, there have been several instances where i've jumped out a minute too early (ie. before the other capships have jumped), namely as the "Jump Out" objective came up, and then i'd get the failure debriefing; 'You didn't do what you were told, so everybody died...' (not exactly the most creative debriefings known to man )...

...Here's the thing though, even with that failure debriefing, you can still advance to the next mission unhindered. Of course, i'm not complaining, as it's saved me from having to do an entire mission again after completing it just for jumping out seconds too early. But still, something you should look in on...

...This bug applies to both chapters 1 & 2...

EDIT: Hmmm...this actually applies to all forms of failure. No matter how badly one fails in a mission, one can always proceed to the next...

EDIT2: Just got around to finishing it, and i've gotta say, that was a quality campaign. A good cliffhanger ending to keep us enthrawled until the next chapter is released, for which I for one will be waiting in anticipation. Nice work!